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Reaching for the mountain tops in Mayor Tate’s kingdom
By Si Gladman
Operating in a covert way is how Baynes says she prefers to pursue her “kingdom assignment” of achieving sustained transformation of the Gold Coast, a growing city in south-east Queensland often dubbed ‘sin city’. But that all changed in early 2022.
In January of that year, Tate appointed Baynes – already his informal spiritual advisor since 2012 – to a ratepayer-funded advisor role. A few weeks later, Gold Coast media began reporting the controversy over Tate’s appointment of a ‘Spiritual Advisor’. Then, in March 2022, having discovered a video of a 2019 speech from an Apostolic Reformation Australia event, I revealed that Baynes was a passionate supporter of the Seven Mountains Mandate and had converted Tate to the ideology.
"Tate’s right to personal spirituality and Christian belief is not in question. But many Gold Coasters are troubled by reports of Baynes’ ideology and her comments linking Tate to it. If the pair are seeking to extend their 'kingdom assignments' another four years, surely voters deserve some straight answers."
Si Gladman
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